Mackie Digital 8Bus D8B v5.1 User Manual

• TP stands for Theme Park. This configuration

provides a symmetrical distribution of speakers
surrounding the listener.

• Notice the speakers are numbered 1, 3, 2, 7, 8, 5,

4, and 6. Speakers 1 and 2 are Front L/R, speaker
3 is Front Center, speaker 4 is the Subwoofer,
speakers 5 and 6 are Rear L/R, and speakers 7
and 8 are Side L/R.

• This control continuously varies the center image

from dead-center (speaker 3) to a phantom-center
(equally split between speakers 1 and 2).

• With a Divergence setting of “0” the center-

panned channel is routed to the center speaker
only (speaker 3).

• With a Divergence setting of “100” the center-

panned channel is routed equally to the front left
and right speakers (speakers 1 and 2).

• This control varies the channel send level to the

subwoofer (speaker 4).

• This is the only control over channel levels to the

subwoofer (speaker 4).

• The pan grid has no effect on this adjustment.
• With this control set to OFF there is no send level

to the subwoofer.

• Unity gain is achieved when this control is set to

“0.0”.

Right click in the Panning window to reveal the

Surround Menu. This menu provides opportunity to:

• Reset the channel surround parameters

• Undo previous action

• Open previously saved surround channel status

• Save existing surround channel parameters

• Cut, Copy, or Paste all channel settings

Surround Menu commands are only active on

pannable channels. If a menu command is unavail-
able, it will display in gray upon Menu activation.
Menu selections are not available in the Master
Fader bank.

• This feature is available to Undo cut, copy, paste,

arm, and reset commands.

• As an added aid, the Undo command specifies the

target of its action.

• This feature does not undo changes in surround

pan positioning.

• Resets the selected channel to front-center pan

position.

• Deactivates all speaker selections.
• Sets Divergence status to “0” (center pan routes

to speaker 3 only in surround or equally to L/R in
stereo).

• Sets Low Freq Effect to 0.0 (unity gain).
• Reset affects only the selected morph setting

(MEM A or MEM B).

• Channel settings that are reset are not stored on

the Clipboard, and therefore they are not available
for Paste functions. However, a reset can be
reversed by selecting “Undo” in the Surround
Sound window Menu or by pressing Ctrl+Z.

• This action opens the Surround Files folder where

previously saved surround settings are stored.

• Highlight the desired setting and click Open or

simply double click on the item to activate it for
the selected channel.

• Enables archival of specific surround positions.
• Opens the Surround folder and automatically

names the file “Surround#X”.

• To rename the file, simply type the desired text

into the auto-highlighted File Name field or, if
necessary, highlight the existing text and type the
new file name.

• Click Save to complete the action.

• This action cuts all settings from the selected

channel and resets it to the default settings. Pan is
centered, speakers are deactivated, Depth of Center
is set to “0”, and Low Freq Effect is set to “0.0”.